ART lovers should pencil in a day of drawing at Manchester Art Gallery on Sunday.

The free family event launches the national Big Draw, a campaign running throughout October to encourage people to draw.

The theme is the Great Gallery Gallop, in which participants can help to create a giant racecourse, complete with horses and spectators. The idea was inspired by the gallery's most popular painting, The Chariot Race. Youngsters will be able to create their own hobby horse.